Filipino Kali is the art of stick fighting using hard bamboo sticks to strike and defend. Filipino Kali teaches weapons fighting before bare hand-to-hand combat. 

Kali is primarily a weapons-based style of fighting. Thus, it involves inflicting bad, often fatal damage to opponents with the use of weapons and empty hand techniques as quickly as possible.

 

About our Pekiti Tirsia Instructor:

Paul Henchir has over 30 years of materials arts training.  He has trained in several styles including TKD, Kempo, Muay Thai, Ju Jitsu and Pekiti Tirsia Kali.  He has trained in Pekiti Tirsia Kali for over 4 years with Grant Parker at NETKD and William Schultz at Battleground in East Greenwich. 

He also attended a seminar with Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje Jr.  

He will be teaching the basic footwork, blocking and striking techniques.  The class will include partner drills with stick to stick contact using the techniques learned.